fighting the good fight with eggs and milk! (i_eggstir) wrote in we_coexist,
Oswin didn't respond. Her mouth open and closed in a silent struggle, as if gasping for air. Her eyes were unfocused, the repurposed tentacles squirmed from their electronic perch for half a minute longer before Oswin stopped moving all together.
Before Leto could try to check for some sort of vitals, the shell began to close, protecting the desecrated remains of Oswin Oswald. There were no flashing lights, no ghostly apparitions or mystical sounds.
The dalek did not come back to life and the eyestalk remained unlit and pointed downwards at the floor, inactive.
Something gasped from the other room as the human form on the couch woke up as if from a terrible nightmare, her voice exactly like the voice Oswin used to broadcast: "Where am I?"